Loose-leaf ledger with visualized arrangement of account sheets



May 5,1925; 1,536,930

w. A. RINGLER LOOSE LEAF LEDGER WITH VISUALIZED ARRANGEMENT OF ACCOUNTSHEETS Fi1ed April 28, 1924. 2 Sheds-Sheen I I l l l l I a ATTORNEXS May5, 1925.

w. A. RINGLER LOOSE LEAF LEDGER WITH VISUALIZED ARRANGEMENT 0F ACCOUNTSHEETS Filed April 28, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet -2 l r 3.1! II A 0/7 ll/YE 313.776- 2.

OR a. 744

nomzys drawing a typical embodiment of it, which,

Patented May NT oF-F cE.

WILLIAM A. RI N GLER, OE. PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.-

LoQsE- EAFLEDGER ren vxsvetrznn aaaenennrsnr or ACCOUNT SHEETS.

Application filed April 28,1924" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, WILLIAM A. RINGLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county'of Philadelphia, State ofPennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Loose-Leaf Ledger withVisualized Arrangement of Account Sheets, of

which the following is a specification.

Oneofthe main. objectsof my present in vention is todevise a novelconstruction and.

arrangement of a loose lea-f ledger wherein account sheets are employedwhich are removably carried by sheetholders.

With the above and otherobjects in View whichwill hereinafter moreclearly appear, my invention comprehendsa novel construction andarrangement of a loose It further comprehends a novel construc tion andarrangement of sheet holders'which are, provided, with the accountsheets inproper alignment, and, if desired, withthe proper spacingbetween the sheets so that the title of. each'sheet will be visible; 1 VI v I I t .furthercomprehends a novel construc tion of account sheets.

Other. novel features of construction and advantage will hereinaftermore clearly appear'in the detailed description and the ap pendedclaims. e v I For the purpose of illustrating the invention, I haveshownin the accompanying in practice, will give reliable and. satisfao toryresults.

my invention consists can be variously are rangedand organized, and thatthe invention 1s not limlted to the prec1searrange- Figure 3.representsa section on line 3"3jof Fi re ,1;

Figure 4: represents'a top plan viewof as-I sembled'accountsheets.Figureorepresents asection online 55 of Figure 4:.

leaf ledger.

locking means to secure,

that the ledger It is however to'be understood that this embodimenttypical only and that the various instrumentalities of which ample, byadhesive. these lnstrumentalep res ents a .section onl line. -22

.Serial No. 709,552.

Figure 6 represents a fragmentary perspective of a sheet holder.

Figure 7 represents a plan view of an account sheetembodying myinvention. Figure 8' represents aplan view of an ac countsheet forminganother embodiment of my invention. A

Similar numerals, of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings:

1 designates a loose leaf ledger with account sheets and sheet holdersembodying myinventi-on. 2 designates a binder which may be of anydesired or conventional construction, and, as such binders are wellknown 'in the art, I will describe the one illustrated in the drawingswith only suflicient clearness to enable one to clearly understand theoperation;

The binder consists of the binding members 3.and 4 which are relativelycontractible and expansible, the, binding member 3 being fixed to thepost 5 and the binding member 4 being slidable thereon and provided withmeans to lock it in the position to" which ithas been adjusted. I

The binding member 3has hinged to it a leaf .6, and, in a similarmanner, the binding member 4 has when assembledis in book form.S'designates leaf or sheet holders which are, formed of sheet material,such as carol board or press board, and havetheir inner ends deflectedaround the tiller members9 as at 10, see Figure 6, from'which it will beunderstood that, in the form" illustrated, the inner ends of the sheetholders are folded around rectangular strips and secured thereto in anydesired manner, for ex- Each sheet holder has secured toit, in anydesired manner, a strip of material 11, ex-

tending transversely across it and'provided' with' the weakened lines12. and 13, thereby forming the folds'll 'and l5, respectively? Thistrip, 11 is preferably of relatively'stifi material such and thefoldfla at-its opposite ends is apertured as indicated at 16. i

. l7 designates the account sheets which are usually made of paper andmay be of any desired width. These sheets attheir'inner ends areprovided with weakened lines 18 and 19 asfor example press board,

hinged to it the leaf? so.

respectively, thereby forming a retaining fla 20. Between the weakenedlines near opposite edges, I preferably provide spacing tongues 21 whichare directed towards each other, and, if desired, only one of thespacing tongues can be employed, as shown. in Figure 8. It a spacingtongue is employed near each edge of the sheet, the sheet can be readilyreversed and the same spacing will be provided as it the original sideof the sheet were being used. The account sheets are locked in positionwith respect to the sheet holder by means of lockin members which arepreferably made of sheet metal, which is deflected to form arms23,.which are secured to the sheet holders by means of: any desired typeor fasteningdevice 2% which will permit movement of the locking member22. As illustrated, this fastening device is shown as a rivet or paperfastener. Each locking member 22 is deflected to form an upper plate anda lowerplate 26, thereby forming a slot 27, so that when the lockingmember 22 is moved. inwardly into the position seen in Figure l, theaccount sheets will be in their locked position, as will be hereinaftermore clearly explained.

One of. the plates 25 or 26 has the material inwardly bulged as at 28 toform a locking portion which is adapted to extend into the juxtaposedaperture 16 and thus prevent the accidental unlocking; ot'. a lookingmember 22.

The manner. in which the parts are assen'ibled will be readilyunderstood by reference toldigures 2 to G inclusive. The spacing;tongues 2l form spacing members so that when the account sheets areassembled a portion of the card near one marginal edge will be visibleas indicated at 29 in Figure 4-. The trap 20 of each card is bent over.and inserted beneath the told it. and the told or flap 15 is then turnedto lie beneath the told 20. as will be understood b reference to l!igure 2. The locking members are now moved into their locliina' position, and the account sheets will be firmly secured in their properlyaligned position with respect to their sheet holders.

The inner portion of each sheet holder with the filler member 9 servesas a spacing; device so that when the ledger is closed the leaves 6 and7 will be disposed substantially parallel to each other. 7

It will of course be understood that the spacinq nembers 21 can bedispensed with. if desired. and. the operator can space the accountsheets as may be desired so thatthe titles willbe rendered visible. orthey may be secured in such relative positions that only the title ofthe uppermost sheet will be visible.

It will be understood from Figure 6 that the filler member 9 and theportion of the sheet which surrounds them are apertured as at 30 inorder to permit the posts to pass therethrough.

It will now be apparent that Ihave devised a new and useful loose ledgerwith. visualized arrangement ol account sheets which embodies thefeatures of advz'intaa'e enumerated as desirable in the statement of theinvention and the above description, and while i have. in the presentinstance. shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which willgive in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to beunderstood that this embodiment is lSCQDtliJlQ o'l modification invarious particulars without departing" from the spirit or scope of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A sheet holder comprising; a sheet of material having; on one sideintermediate its ends a piece of material formed with a plurality offolds. and means to secure said folds in their folded position.

2. A sheet holder comprising; a sheet of material, a spacing member towhich one end of said sheet is secured. a strip secured to said sheetand provided with pluraliti ot' iolds one o'l which is adapted to form alocking flap. and means to secure said folds in their "folded position.

3. A. sheet holder comprising; a sheet oi? material having; extendingoutwardly from it intermediate opposite edges. a piece of materialformed with plurality of tolds one of which is adapted to form alocking: flap and a clip having a slot to adapt it to embrace the endsof the Folds and the juntaposed portion of the sheet.

4. An account sheet comprising a sheet having a plurality of weakenedlines. near one end. one of said lines providing a toldable lockingportion. and said sheet ha vino: between said lines a spacinof tongue.

5. An account sheet For a visible ledger OITIDIlSlHQ a plurality o'tsheets each havine a toldable flap at one end and in proximity to saidflap near one corner a spacino; tonirue whereby when said sheets aresuperimposed, a portion of the transverse edge of each sheet is visible.

6. A plurality of account sheets comprising; a plurality of sheets. eachhaving at one end a foldable flap and having in proximity to said flapnear one of its edges proiectine; tongue adapted to overhang: thetransverse edge of a superimposed sheet. the distance of said tonguetrom the iuxtaposed edsre oi the sheet determining the visibility of thesheets when assembled.

7. An account sheet having weakened lines near one end. one of saidlines forming a foldable locking portion. said sheet having nearopposite marginal edges spacing tongues singly adapted to engage theedge position of the sheetthereby rendering a portion of; the firstsheet visible when assembled above a similarsheet.

-8. An account sheet having at oneend a filler memberto which it isconnected and having intermediate its ends a piece of material-formedwith a plurality of folds the outer of which forms a locking flap, incombination with an account sheet having a foldable flap at one endbeneath which said locking flap is folded, and means to retain said flapin its'foldedpositio'n.

S2. A sheet holder having intermediate its ends a piece ofmaterialformed with a plurality of folds extending across the sheet holder incombination with a plurality of account sheets eachhaving at one end afoldable flap and a spacing tongue in prox imity to such flap tooverhang the transverse edge of another sheet and be positioned beneathsaid flaps when the latter are folded, one of said folds being adaptedto'be moved beneath said flapand above said spacing tongues, and meansto secure said folds in their folded position.

10. Aloose leaf book sheet having a pair r j of parallel flaps arrangedupon opposite faces, each flap being folded over upon itself and thenupon a parallel line against a a plurality of overlapping index sheetsarranged edgewise along the folded flap on each face with a marginalportion of each index sheet projectin beyond the marg n of thesuperlmposed index sheets for receiving identification symbols, theedges along thereof so as to be anchored thereto.

of parallel flaps arranged upon opposite faces, each flap being foldedover uponitself and then upon a parallel line against a face of thesheet, a plurality of overlapping index sheets arranged edgewise alongthe folded flap on each face with a marginal portion of each index sheetprojecting beyond the margin of the superimposed index sheets forreceiving identification symbols, the edges along the flap being foldedwithin the flap and within both-folds thereof so as to be anchoredthereto, and means holding the flaps in folded relation" against thebook sheet and operable to release the'fiaps for index sheets arranged'edgewise along the folded flap on each face with a marginal portion ofeach index sheet projecting be-' yond the margin of the superimposedindex I the flap being folded within the flap and within both foldseach, face 11; A loose leafb'ook sheet having a pair:

abase sheet having a free the edges along the flap being folded withinthe flap and within both folds thereof so as to he'anchored thereto,'andclips hinged to the book sheet adjacent the ends of the flaps formovement into positions in which they lock the flaps folded and againstthe faces of the book sheet, or into positions releasing the flaps forunfolding when the index sheets are to be rearranged or changed.

13. A loose leaf book sheet having a pair of parallel flaps arrangedupon opposite faces, each flap being folded over upon itself and thenupon a parallel line against a face of the sheet, and a plurality ofrecord sheets arranged edgewise along the folded flap on each face withthe edges along the flaps folded therein and against the book sheet eachface with theedges along the flaps folded therein and against the booksheet so as to be anchored thereto, and means for holding the flaps infolded relation against the-book sheet and operable to release the flapsfor unfolding when therecor'd sheets are to be inserted or removed.

15. A loose leaf book sheet having a pair of parallel flaps arrangedupon opposite faces, each flap being folded over uponyitself and thenupon a parallel line against a face of the sheet, a plurality of recordsheetsarranged edgewise alongthe folded flap on with theiedges along theflaps folded therein and against the book sheet so as to be anchoredthereto, and clips hinged to I the book sheet adjacent the ends of theflaps sheets are to be rearranged or changed.

16. A binder for loose sheets comprising a base sheet having a free flapfolded upon itself and then upon a parallel line of fold against a faceof the base sheet, andmeans movably mounted on the'base sheet forholding the flap in folded condition against the base sheet. g e

17 A binder for loose sheets comprising a base sheet part having a freeflap part folded upon itself'and then upon a parallel line of, foldagainst a face of the base sheet part, and clips hinged to one of saidparts for movement into and out of interlocking relation with the otherpart to hold the flap in folded condition against the base part. i

18. A binder for loose sheets comprising flap folded upon itself andthen upon a parallel line of fold against a face of the base sheet, anda clip hinged to the base sheet for movement over the folded flap toconfine it against. the base sheet.

19. A binder for loose sheets comprising a base sheet havinga free flapfolded upon itself and then upon a parallel line of fold against a faceof the base sheet, a locking member having means to project over theflap and retain it in folded condition against the base sheet, and aplurality of record sheets folded along corresponding edges Within bothfolds of the flap so as to be anchored thereto.

WILLIAM A. RINGLER.

